Bahrain police raid houses of protesters

Bahraini police have raided the houses of anti-regime demonstrators in several villages across the country. Security forces reportedly stormed the villages during the early hours of Monday. Dozens of people were also arrested.

Police frequently raid the houses of anti-regime protesters in Bahrain. According to Yousef al-Mohafadheh, a member of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, one hundred people have been injured in the regime clampdown on protests over the past few days. The secretary general of Bahrain’s main opposition group, al-Wefaq, Sheikh Ali Salman is now calling on Bahrainis to defy the crackdown and continue holding peaceful protests. The Bahraini uprising began in mid-February 2011. The Manama regime promptly launched a brutal crackdown on the peaceful protests and called in Saudi-led Arab forces from neighboring states. Scores of people have been killed in the crackdown, and the security forces have detained hundreds, including doctors and nurses. Bahrainis say they will continue holding demonstrations until their demand for the establishment of a democratically elected government is met.